Synopsis:
courtesy of Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield has been subpoenaed to appear at the final appeal
of Aileen Wuornos, the serial killer whose trial and internment he
followed in the earlier film Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a
Serial Killer. He is questioned over the accuracy of his portrayal
of Wuornos' original lawyer in the film as a joint-smoking hippy,
and is reunited with Aileen, who changes her plea from self-defense
in order, she admits to Broomfield in a candid moment, to escape
Death Row. The film follows her last weeks leading up to her
execution, during which Broomfield questions her mental health and
therefore legal competency to be given the death penalty, in
possibly his most intimate film to date.
Synopsis:
Nick Broomfield has been subpoenaed to appear at the final appeal
of Aileen Wuornos, the serial killer whose trial and internment he
followed in the earlier film Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a
Serial Killer. He is questioned over the accuracy of his portrayal
of Wuornos' original lawyer in the film as a joint-smoking hippy,
and is reunited with Aileen, who changes her plea from self-defense
in order, she admits to Broomfield in a candid moment, to escape
Death Row. The film follows her last weeks leading up to her
execution, during which Broomfield questions her mental health and
therefore legal competency to be given the death penalty, in
possibly his most intimate film to date.